Oliver Boy

Tabbed by: milliontimes
E-mail: ritter.kai@gmx.de
Chords Used: Dm Am Em C D F A

slow part

    Dm
Oh! Oliver Boy what did you do?
    Am
But crush the hand you never shook
     Em                             Dm
Then rob the rights of people to be free
    Dm
Oh! Oliver Boy it's a terrible state
    Am
You left behind a worse off race
      Em                                 Dm
Where dignity and pride fought for their place
    C              Dm
Oh! Oliver Boy now you are gone
    Am                     Dm
And we're still here where we belong
Am                                          Dm
Forgiveness being our strength you'll never see

slow part over

Dm
Now the sun shines on this page I write
            Am
Though it's raining hard in Palestine
   Em
No lands are promised lands
             Dm
When will we see?
[Dm]
So don't tell me that your God's my God
        Am
I don't think they even care at all
       Em                                 Dm
Just a pantomime behind a curtain lies de-ceit
   C            Dm
Oh listen to me bark out loud
     Am              Dm
With-out a voice and little growl
C               Dm
Snapping at the heels I wait
Am
For something more to change
                       Dm [fades directly into Chorus]
The more they stay the same

Chorus 1

Dm
Oliver Boy! It's the same militia
D
Oliver Boy! Just the clothes are different
F
Oliver Boy! It's the same old story
A                                     Dm
Where there's blood there's death not glory
Dm
Look into these empty eyes
Am
Fed upon by parasites
Em                                Dm
As beauty's ugly head devours its plight
[Dm]
While the borders of our hate create
Am
Nothing more than each our fate
Em                                  Dm
Trapped between our comfort and our crime
   C               Dm
So stand along the graveyard wall
    Am                  Dm
And watch the souls per-form their song
C              Dm
Sing to us the dead above
       Am
As the mourners come to pray
                Dm
The living stay away

Chorus 2

Dm
Oliver Boy! It's the same militia
D
Oliver Boy! Just the clothes are different
F
Oliver Boy! It's the same old story
A
Where there's blood there's death not glory
Dm
Oliver Boy! We're all someone's sons
D
All of our Boys! Just put down the guns
F
Oliver Boy! You're dead but listen
A                                 Dm
You were wrong but we're no diffe-rent

Solo - not figured out

Dm                      D
   Marching to the left,  everyone in step
Dm F                         A
     Don't ask the question, why we're here with no direction
Dm                       D
   Marching to the right,  this is not our fight
Dm F                        A
     The curse of friction, born of man and contradiction

Chorus 2

Dm
All of our Boys!

slow part

Dm
Now the sun shines on this page I write
            Am              A     Dm
Though it's raining hard in Pales-tine